Black Jack No. 2 Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014712
MRDS ID D011601
Record type Site
Current site name Black Jack No. 2 Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: Unc
Related records 10248344

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.25397, 35.53283 (WGS84)
Elevation 2262
Relative position ABOUT 35.6 MILES N41W OF GRANTS, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mariano Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Puerco(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015N 013W 18 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Vanadinite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Morrison
    Rock description Morrison
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.25397, 35.53283

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mariano (Smith) Lake Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description A Fracture System Trending N55w; A Syncline Formed By The Regional Dip

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 18.29M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 243.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Structures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer Sabre-Pinon Corp., Grants, Nm
Year of first production 1959
Year of last production 1964

Production statistics

  • Year 1964
    Period 1959 To 1964
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.23 Percent U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALLED 247, 613 TONS OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 100.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINE WAS WORKED THROUGH A 330-FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH THE DRIFTS BACKFILLED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSKINS, W.G., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 49-52

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 42

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 20

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS IN SEVERAL LARGE, IRREGULARLY-SHAPED DEPOSITS. THE BEST ORE OCCURS WHERE THE SANDSTONE IS GRAY, CROSS-BEDDED AND COARSE-GRAINED. THE ORE PODS ARE UNOXIDIZED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1984 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references